New report records steep fall in illegal logging
16 July 2010
According to the international affairs institute
Chatham House, illegal deforestation in the Amazon
region has fallen by more than half in the last decade.
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Crackdown on illegal deforestation continues
26 April 2010
As part of the Brazilian government's drive to
eliminate illegal deforestation caused by cattle
farming, the Boi Guardião programme is using
satellite images to monitor thousands of farms in the
Amazon region.
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Copenhagen: Lula says common good must take precedence over corporate interests
18 December 2009
Speaking at the UN Climate Change Conference in
Copenhagen, President Lula reiterated the principle of
countries' common but differentiated responsibilities
for tackling global warming, and said the Kyoto
Protocol should not be replaced by a mechanism that
makes fewer demands on rich countries.
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Amazon summit discusses deforestation
27 November 2009
Meeting this week in Manaus, the capital of the
Brazilian state of Amazonas, representatives from the
nine countries that share the Amazon basin agreed that
developed countries must provide financial help to help
combat deforestation. Read
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Amazon deforestation falls by almost half
19 November 2009
Total deforestation between August 2008 and July 2009
was 45% less than over the previous twelve months.
Brazil aims to reduce deforestation by 80% as part of
its plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least
36% by 2020.
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Amazon deforestation: is cattle farming really to blame?
06 August 2009
The total area of pasture in Brazil has actually been
decreasing, and almost none of the Brazilian beef or
leather sold in EU countries comes from the Amazon
region.
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Brazil extends Amazon soy moratorium
31 July 2009
Successful measure to be extended to 2010, as
environment minister declares 'soy is not a relevant
factor in Amazon destruction any more'. Read
more
Land rights granted to Amazon smallholders
30 June 2009
A new law approved on 25 June aims to reduce land
disputes and combat deforestation by establishing
private ownership of landholdings in the region.
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Brazilian physicist receives environmental award
26 June 2008
José Goldemberg has received the Blue Planet Prize for
his contribution to the development of clean sources of
energy.
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New environmental initiatives in Amazon
07 June 2008
The Brazilian government has announced new measures to
combat illegal deforestation and promote sustainable
development in the Amazon region.
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Co-operative boosts rural economy with hydro-power
29 May 2008
The world’s leading green energy prize announced that
Cooperativa Regional de Electrificação Rural do Alto
Uruguai Ltda (CRERAL), a regional electrification
co-operative operating in Erechim, South Brazil, is one
of the pioneering renewable energy projects that will
receive a prize of up to £20,000.
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President defends Brazilian biofuels
17 April 2008
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has strongly
rejected accusations that Brazil's sugarcane-based
biofuels programme is harmful to the environment and a
contributory factor in the increase in global food
prices. Read
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Blacklist for main perpetrators of Amazon deforestation
02 January 2008
Ibama has already identified the worst offenders in the
states of Pará, Mato Grosso and Rondônia.
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Sugarcane mills adhere to new environmental protocol
27 October 2007
In São Paulo state, 79 sugarcane mills have made a
formal commitment to end the practice of burning
sugarcane fields prior to harvest.
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Brazil will reduce GHG emissions by 13 tons in 2008
22 September 2007
By 2008, Brazil will have reduced the emission of
greenhouse gases such as CO2 and methane gas, according
to José Miguez, the Executive Secretary of the
Inter-ministerial Committee on Climate Change.
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US-Brazilian Cooperation on biofuels
22 August 2007
A meeting of the US-Brazil Steering Group took place in
Brasilia on 20 August with the aim of furthering
cooperation between the two countries in the area of
biofuels. Read
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Government launches the National Clean Development Year
20 July 2007
The Brazilian Government launched the National Clean
Development Year on 17 July to tackle global warming
and reduce CO2 emissions through Brazilian CDM (Clean
Development Mechanism) projects in the context of
sustainable development.
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Extra 18 million hectares of protected areas in Amazon
16 January 2007
The Ministry of the Environment has announced that the
Amazon Protected Areas Programme (ARPA), created in
2002, established 18 million hectares of protected
areas in the region by 2006.
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Huge area of rainforest receives protected status
05 December 2006
The state of Pará in northern Brazil has created the
largest single conservation area on Earth, giving
protected status to 15 million hectares of rainforest –
an area larger than England.
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The Amazon is ours. It is not for sale
31 October 2006
Article written jointly by Brazil's foreign,
environment, and science & technology ministers,
published in The Independent on 31 October
2006.
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Further fall in rate of Amazon deforestation
24 October 2006
Figures released by the Environment Ministry show that
the rate of deforestation in the Amazon is continuing
to fall.
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Haiti shows interest in Brazilian biofuel technology
25 September 2006
Brazil anticipates producing biofuel at a rate of 1
billion litres per year by the end of 2007, and Haiti
is considering adopting aspects of the Brazilian model.
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Illegal trade in wild animals
10 July 2006
Letter written by Ambassador José Mauricio Bustani,
published in The Independent on 10 July 2006. Read
more
The dangers of used-tyre imports
01 June 2006
Article written by Environment Minister Marina Silva on
1 June 2006.
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